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Hi. I'm Libby Gelman-Waxner, and I'm an assistant buyer in juniors' activewear. While I find my work both rewarding and creative, especially with the new knits coming in, I want more. And so I decided to become a film critic….
Move over, Siskel & Ebert. Watch out, Leonard Maltin. And just forget saving that aisle seat, Mr. Medved. Libby Gelman-Waxner has arrived — in the critic's circle, that is — and the silver screen may never be the same again. Witty, wicked, and scathingly honest — If You Ask Me is a hilarious collection of her columns from Premiere magazine.
BOOKS OF THE TIMES; So, Libby, Should I See the Movie?
By JANET MASLIN
Readers of Premiere magazine know the monthly columnist Libby Gelman-Waxner as a tireless practitioner of what one of her fans calls "glandular criticism." Her marriage to Josh Waxner, "a wildly sought-after Upper East Side orthodontist," and her job as "an extremely successful assistant buyer in juniors' activewear" are no obstacles to Libby's career as a guerrilla movie fan, happily throwing brickbats and valentines at the screen.
Delirious movie-inspired riffs are her specialty, the more personal the better. She leaves a screening of "Indecent Proposal" and describes running into a dead ringer for Demi Moore, who buys a night with Josh Waxner in exchange for $170 and aisle seats for "Sunset Boulevard." Libby regales readers with her relatives' thoughts about movies. ("Jennifer begged me to take her to 'The Karate Kid III,' but I explained that if I did, the Government could legally place her with foster parents.") Writing from her bathtub, "with the whirlpool attachment turned to the adultery setting," Libby contemplates "The Last of the Mohicans."
She announces that she would not mind being Libby Gelman-Day-Lewis some day.
What readers may not know about Libby is that she is actually the pseudonymous creation of Paul Rudnick, the fabulously funny playwright ("Jeffrey"), screenwriter ("Addams Family Values") and novelist ("I'll Take It"). And Mr. Rudnick weaves many a trenchant thought into Libby's comic screeds. The mark of movie-making experience is apparent here, no matter how giddy, ad hominem or trivia-crazy the tone. For instance:
Libby on directing: "If I bake a cake, I buy the mix, I put it in the microwave, and I take it out when it beeps; my husband watches me do all this, which makes him the cake's director. The director is like God; no one knows if God really exists, but it's someone to blame. Some directors even went to film school, mostly to watch old movies; film school is a three-year version of a snow day."
Libby on screenwriting: "Screenwriters often work in pairs, because one partner usually specializes in writing the phaser battles, while the other partner is good at lines like 'Hasta la vista, baby,' or 'Lieutenant, what the hell is going on out there?' "
Libby on stars: "Lassie couldn't talk, act or be in any way human and yet she became very popular by simulating these talents; Lassie is the role model for today's biggest box-office idols."
Libby on marketing: "Marketing is, of course, 99 percent of film making, because it is the only part of the process that the execs, the writers, the stars, the director and the audience really enjoy. In the TV ads, the movie is always the feel-good hit of the summer, the star looks great and the audience gets to see the only 30 seconds of the movie that actually work."
Not all of "If You Ask Me," a slender collection of Libby's Premiere columns, is quite this sure-fire. Libby can ramble, repeat herself and overuse the semicolon; you will know way too much about her shopping habits before finishing this book. But you will also have annoyed anyone within earshot, because Libby's best harangues prompt laughing out loud. Libby elaborating on "Heathers" to her daughter: "I explained to Jennifer that just because someone is blond and cute and popular, that's no reason to murder them. The best thing to do is wait 20 years until those girls become Connecticut divorcees with secret drinking problems and children in ashrams, and then you can run into them at reunions and sympathize."
Although "If You Ask Me" is at least as much a work of fiction as of film criticism, it's at its best when Libby comes out of her haze to deliver a sharp, novel opinion. Describing "Jungle Fever" from an unusual but apt perspective, she writes, "Spike's movies always have drop-dead clothes and gorgeous furniture and jazzy camera angles, as if he just loves making movies; Spike is great because he's like an activist Vincente Minnelli." Annoyed by "Edward Scissorhands," she notes: "Some people say that this film is an allegory about Jesus or the role of the artist in society. Jesus, if you ask me, actually had something on his mind besides hedge clipping, and I don't remember anyone chasing Picasso, or Warhol or even Tim Burton, who conceived and directed this movie, back up to his castle."
Libby zeroes in on sanctimoniousness wherever she finds it. (On "The Fisher King": "Almost all you need to know about it is that Robin Williams plays a homeless person who imagines himself to be a knight on a mythical quest. This is a film for people who thought that 'Field of Dreams' and 'Dances With Wolves' were too sarcastic."
She also shows off a screenwriter's way with one-liners. So Demi Moore "may in fact be the first actress to use movies as a steppingstone to modeling." Libby's cousin Andrew, an art director who's "so incredibly creative that, as my mother says, no one's holding their breath for grandchildren," opines that "David Mamet is the Hulk Hogan of the American theater and that his word processor should be tested for steroids." On the brat pack: "I'm very sorry, I know I'm not supposed to call them the Brat Pack, because it degrades their work in teen-vampire movies."
Finally, the author's most satisfying witticism is Libby herself. Her character is drawn with such glee and affection that at moments like one when "the usher had to conk me with his flashlight to make me stop whimpering" during "The Last of the Mohicans," she can sound real, sweetly incorrigible and even touching. When Libby imagines Daniel Day-Lewis saying "Libby, let me take you in my arms and explain who the Hurons are," the reader may even hope, for Libby's sake, that her daydreams come true.
Libby's Return Column (Entertainment Weekly)
I know, I can't believe it either, but I'm back! For many years, in the pages of Premiere magazine, I ruled as the planet's most beloved and irresponsible film critic, along with pursuing my high-powered career as an assistant buyer in juniors activewear, and my role as a loving wife to Dr. Josh Waxner, a gifted orthodontist, and as the multitasking mom of two perfect children, my daughter Jeni4 (her spelling, don't ask) and my son Mitchell Sean. I stopped writing my column, not just because Premiere went under but due to a crippling personal depression caused by Jennifer Aniston's inability to hold a man. Jennifer is so beautiful and talented, but her spray tan became like a terror-alert thermometer, growing richer and more burnished as each no-good celebrity boyfriend hit the road. But now, thank God, Jennifer is happy and in love and wrapping those featherweight scarves many times around her neck, and so the time is right for me to once again bring joy and insight into the lives of my bereft fans, and to prove what anyone who's ever gone online already knows: that I is the most important word in any language, followed closely by me, mine, oeuvre, vision, Goobers, and the question "Why would I go see a movie called Melancholia when Immortals features Henry Cavill in a leather diaper?"
While I was away, I longed to discuss so many works of cinematic artistry, and to ponder, Why do all of the tribal characters in Avatar look like poured-resin figurines from a hospital gift shop? And in Black Swan, did Natalie Portman starve, cut herself, and experiment with lesbian sex because ballerinas almost never get to go to college? And how can I properly thank Natalie for fulfilling all of my most intimate fantasies by accepting her Academy Award while radiantly pregnant in a designer gown, accompanied by her dreamy French dancer boyfriend, who now appears in cologne ads? My only worry regarding Natalie is that she hasn't followed my example and become Natalie Portman-Millepied. Because as every true feminist knows, hyphenating your name is a way of telling the world "I'm no one's chattel but I still landed a guy." Jeni4 and I have, in fact, spent hours at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations holding placards that read "The 1% Should Marry the 99%," with arrows pointing to Jeni4.
Right now there's so much to kvell about, including the fact that, like every female on earth, I'm on my fifth viewing of Breaking Dawn. Because when Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart gaze at each other, their passion is so intense that it's like they're trying to pass kidney stones through their foreheads. Robert and Kristen understand that when a morose human marries a gloomy vampire, it's a very big deal, which is why Kristen wears what seems to be a white spandex wedding gown; if she added a too-tight ponytail and cheekbone glitter, she'd look like a fiercely determined Ukrainian gymnast. Robert and Kristen honeymoon at an oceanfront estate with the sort of plantation shutters and gauzy canopy bed that announce "We can only have volcanic yet tender interspecies sex inside a Restoration Hardware catalog."
Everything in the Twilight films is always gorgeous and slow and agonizing, and when Kristen has a baby she's shot in such tight close-up that she appears to be giving birth with her overbite. Personally, I worship Kristen's overbite, because I can always sense the presence of a special assistant, just off camera, who's been hired to smile encouragingly at Kristen and to gently murmur the phrase "Close your mouth." Robert is beyond squeal-worthy, even if the makeup people have never really nailed the vampire paleface thing, so Kristen seems to be marrying into a clan of greasy mimes. And of course I adore Taylor Lautner as Jacob the hunky werewolf, because when he learns that Kristen's pregnant, it takes him a long moment of deep thinking before he turns to Robert and yelps, "You did this!" And as a special bonus, there's even a new character named Renesmee, because what girl doesn't yearn to sound like a new prescription drug for acid reflux?
I am so thrilled to be back, and we haven't even begun to talk about J. Edgar, that amazing movie where the hairpieces and the prosthetic aging makeup are so extreme that everyone, even the female characters, seems to be played by Gene Hackman. The script for J. Edgar is smart and sly, but the director, Clint Eastwood, has never been known for having a light touch, so it's a little like watching Mommie Dearest directed by your dad. And of course the best thing about seeing any movie at this time of year is getting to enjoy the 28 trailers for all the holiday blockbusters, and not just the ones where multiple SUVs explode, sending Tom Cruise hurtling into your lap, but especially the one for that tearjerker about the woman who, after an accident, develops amnesia and can't remember marrying her husband. Just like getting turned into a vampire by a bloodsucker with great hair, that sort of amnesia has a real romantic upside, if you ask me.
Paul Rudnick is rumored to be quite close to Premiere magazine's film critic Libby Gelman-Waxner, whose collected columns were published by St. Martins under the title IF YOU ASK ME. Ms. Gelman-Waxner has also reviewed in the pages of Entertainment Weekly.
read a few early columns
LIBBY LOVE
PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY LOVES LIBBY
PHILLY.COM GETS THE DISH FROM HER GOOD FRIEND PAUL RUDNICK
A LOVE LETTER FROM SCHULMANSAYS.COM


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Bandon Community Radio Producer Chip Cassin explores some of KBOG's favorite recording artists with in-depth interviews on a personal level and then airs them, along with their new music, on the show Deep Dive, Saturdays 12-2pm
Global Artist Spotlight – Robin McKelle
Robin McKelle is pleased to announce the 2020 release of her new album Alterations!
Vocalist Robin McKelle delves into the catalogue of some of the most celebrated women of song, interpreting these masterworks through the lens of the jazz idiom. On Alterations, McKelle follows in a long tradition of female song interpreters, lending her sultry vocal stylings to classics by a diverse list of female innovators including Dolly Parton, Sade, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Janis Joplin, Carol King, Billie Holiday, Joni Mitchell, and Lana Del Ray. McKelle is joined on this release by a group of consummate musicians including co-producer, pianist and arranger Shedrick Mitchell, acoustic and electric bassist Richie Goods, drummer Charles Haynes, guitarist Nir Felder. In addition, esteemed saxophonist Keith Loftis is featured on McKelle's sole original composition on this release, "Head High"; and renowned trumpeter Marquis Hill is featured on Lana Del Rey's "Born to Die". The first single from Alterations, McKelle's rendition of Sade's "No Ordinary Love", was released in late January. Alterations will be released on Doxie Records and distributed and marketed by the Orchard.
In the making of the album, most of McKelle's vocal tracks used on this final recording were takes she sang live with the band. On the recording process, McKelle notes "The energy and connection with the musicians was so powerful. They lifted me up and made it feel effortless. I've never felt so confident in the studio." The energy and connection of the album overall is palpable; stunning interplay is displayed throughout each track. Shedrick Mitchell was responsible for translating McKelle's visions for each of these tracks into arrangements for this prodigious grouping of musicians to perform. McKelle notes "Mitchell really understood my vision and did a fabulous job helping to make the arrangements come alive. We fused jazz, soul, r&b, blues and rock all while keeping a continuity in the music."
McKelle transitions seamlessly between the emotions of every song. And makes each one her own. To McKelle, alteration is all. As the artist notes "when you create change, you create space for something to shift in the world and in yourself. As an artist. And as a human. And that is a change for the good."
KBOG Producer Chip Cassin sits down (virtually) with Robin, check out his interview below and have a listen to a few tracks below, and then head to Robin McKelle to get tour dates, grab your copy and find cool merch!
KBOG Deep Dive with Robin McKelle
Head High (feat Keith Loftis)
No Ordinary Love
Emmy Award Winning Composer Michael Whalen
Michael Whalen is a two-time Emmy® Award winning composer and music supervisor (with 8 nominations) who has worked in advertising, television, film and video games for over 30 years. Some of his best-known work: "Veronika Decides to Die" (2014), "What the Bleep Do You Know?", "As The World Turns", themes for HBO, CBS News, ABC News' "Good Morning America", "The Oprah Winfrey Show", dozens of specials for PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, The BBC, NHK and the History Channel and television films for Lifetime and the Hallmark Channel. Michael is also an internationally known recording artist with 32 solo and soundtrack recordings to his credit. Well-known for his beautiful and thematic music, he performs when time allows. He has also produced and executive produced over 100 recordings for other artists. His work as a executive producer resulted in a Grammy Nomination in 2000.
Sacred Spaces is an epic recording nearly 10 years in the making. "I have been pursuing a spiritual 'awakening' for most of my adult life. Over the past decade, I realized that I am 100 percent responsible for whatever my relationship with a 'higher being' might be," says Whalen. Filled with sonic landscapes built from hundreds of layers of sound, "Sacred Spaces" is Michael's tour-de-force electronic project, which seamlessly blends his natural gift for melody with fresh textures and percolating rhythms. Deeply inspired by Michael's film and TV work and his love for progressive rock, "Sacred Spaces" is the ambient recording of the year.
Enjoy Chip's fascinating deep dive with Michael, as he is one of those rare musicians that film directors will go to in order make a scene in a movie or tv show strike you in ways you may not even be aware of, by using layers of music to deliver a the deeper message in the scene. There are only a few in the world that can do what Michael does through music, and do it well. He is of a rare breed. Have a listen to a few tracks from Sacred Spaces below and then head to Michael Whalen.com to learn more, and you can find him on Spotify and Apple Music.
Michael Whalen Deep Dive with Chip Cassin
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Ordinary Miracles
The After Life
International Jazz Artist Spotlight – Laila Biali
"Out Of Dust"
Multi award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist Laila Biali has toured with Chris Botti, Paula Cole, Suzanne Vega and Sting. She has headlined festivals and venues spanning five continents including Carnegie Hall. Her accolades include a 2019 JUNO Award for "Vocal Jazz Album of the Year", "SOCAN Composer of the Year" and "Keyboardist of the Year" at Canada's National Jazz Awards, a JUNO nomination for her studio recording Tracing Light, and a spot on DownBeat Magazine's "Best Albums of the Year" list for her follow-up Live in Concert. In 2015, Laila released her first album of entirely original music, House of Many Rooms – an indie-pop project featuring a star-studded lineup including the vocalist Lisa Fischer, who is featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary 20 Feet From Stardom.
Check out Chip's interview with one of Canada's foremost Jazz pianists & vocalists along with a few tracks from her LP "Out Of Dust" below. In addition to being a musician and an all-around great person, you can catch Laila streaming as she hosts CBC Radio 2's weekly Saturday Night Jazz radio show, which has consistently ranked as that network's most streamed program. You can find the stream at CBC Radio 2 Saturday Night Jazz (from the US). Then head to Laila Biali to find out more, get tour dates and grab your copy!
Laila Biali Deep Dive with Chip Cassin
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Euphorbia acanthodes är en törelväxtart som beskrevs av Akhani. Euphorbia acanthodes ingår i släktet törlar, och familjen törelväxter.

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Ricardo Fernandez Ortega
Heart Beating
In today's highly digitized society, few champion techniques that belong to historical art movements. Mexican artist Ricardo Fernandez's way of adding and subtracting light and carefully controlling rich dark, luscious tones resembles great 17th-century Spanish masters such as Diego Velazquez. His intuitive ways of using lights and darks (chiaroscuro), takes us to a mysterious, sometimes surreal space, where women wear elegant armor, extravagant headdresses and exist in empty terrains while participating in strange, but fantastical and dream-like activities.
Through his usage of a historical style, Ortega authentically assembles an extended body of work that resembles and continues, in many ways, the legacy of the old Spanish masters. His curious themes may feel contemporary, but overall it is hard not to go back in time while enjoying these skillfully-painted works of art.
"I try to come close to realism in order to achieve a specific visual purpose. That purpose is to provide something that connects to both the viewer and myself in a very particular way, psychologically speaking. People respond to realistic painting quite differently than they do to abstract or less realistic work. I want to evoke the response people have to very realistic images without actually becoming a realist or photo-realist painter. I simply want the viewer's mind to respond to my work in a way that is similar to how it responds to photorealist and hyperrealist painting. But from there, I want to achieve something quite different than photorealists and hyperrealists."
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The Contour Difference
Frank Seiji Sanda
Representative Director, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer Japan Communications, Inc., Contour Networks Board Member and CEO
Before founding Japan Communications Inc. in 1996, Frank Sanda served as CEO of Apple Computer Japan and Vice President and General Manager at Motorola Inc. Dr. Sanda has extensive experience in finance, having filled senior officer positions at Citibank and Merrill Lynch in the United States. He also spent 12 years working in the railroad industry in both Canada and the United States. An engineer by trade, Dr. Sanda holds a Ph.D., and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
Greg Deickman
President and COO, JCIUS and Contour Networks
Greg Deickman joined the JCI Group in 2005 and has held various roles in networking and systems development. Prior to joining JCI, Greg worked on numerous initiatives in the healthcare and web services industries. Greg has a degree in computer science from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
Colm Sharkey
SVP Operations, Contour Networks, Inc., Chief of Staff JCIUS
Colm Sharkey joined the JCI Group in 2006. He has held a number of key positions in product marketing, systems development and operations. Prior to joining JCI, he held a number of roles with the European Commission and Government of the Republic of Ireland. Colm holds degrees in International Business and Japanese and a Masters degree in International Relations.
Naohisa Fukuda
President and Chief Operating Officer of the JCI Group, Contour Networks Board Member
A member of the Board of Directors since 2004, Naohisa Fukuda joined JCI as a Senior Vice President of Marketing in 2002.
Most recently Mr. Fukuda served as VP of Marketing at Apple Computer Inc. in California. He has also held various management positions at Apple Computer Japan, including Director of Business Operations and Director of Marketing. Mr. Fukuda has entrepreneurial experience, having started his own company while a student at the University of Tokyo. He holds an MBA from Dartmouth College.
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Kanweienea Kreations is the studio of Swedish-American equine and other animal artist Gunilla Wachtel.
As an intuitive artist, Gunilla creates compelling and detailed drawings.
Our beautiful studio helper Antonio, joined me for this art stream. This is a clip from one of my Twitch Streams.
Currently for Twitch I stream both art and different games.
Make sure to follow me on Twitch to get notified of more of my streams.
The blog is a great place to keep up with what's happening in the studio.
Check it out to read about what's going on in the studio, random thoughts, not so random thoughts and much more!
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As an intuitive artist, my creative mission is to create compelling, detailed and dynamic drawings that deepen people's connection to animals as well as to inspire people to connect more with them.
I've loved animals my whole life and they have been a contributing factor to making me the person and artist that I am. I would like more people to be able to experience the connection that I have with animals.
As someone who loves to put a lot of detail in their art, I strive to portray all the little details that really can make a drawing come to life. However, I wish to take this further to really convey that animals have their own personality and soul.
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It is of particular interest for its slanting columns.
It was built in the 12th century on the outskirts of the city. Interesting elements on the exterior are the small tower on the façade and the sturdy flying buttresses built between the 17th and 18th centuries. It has a basilical floor plan with three naves, separated by composite pillars decorated with plant motifs. It is covered with barrel vaults reinforced by rib arches. The sanctuary of the collegiate church has three apses; the central one is polygonal and the two side ones are semicircular. The interior lighting comes from the side openings and the rose window on the façade. Elements worth noting in the cloister include the decoration on the capitals, made by the workshop of Master Mateo.


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The use of technology to excess can blur the line between what is the message and what is the medium. "Death by PowerPoint", or "Prezi Vertigo" are all too frequent and most presentations have become mediocre. Presenters should only project material on screen that helps the audience remember the message. A powerful presenter should be able to stand before his audience and transfix them with simple words and compelling stories.


The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies help prepare middle school teachers to design appropriate instruction for all students, including those who are struggling with reading due to limited English proficiency, learning disabilities, dyslexia, and other risk factors for reading difficulties. The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy contains seven units. Units 1–3 are designed for all teachers; Units 4–7 are more appropriate for English Language Arts teachers. Credit-bearing courses are available at the links below. This binder contains Unit 1.
The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies help prepare middle school teachers to design appropriate instruction for all students, including those who are struggling with reading due to limited English proficiency, learning disabilities, dyslexia, and other risk factors for reading difficulties. The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy contains seven units. Units 1–3 are designed for all teachers; Units 4–7 are more appropriate for English Language Arts teachers. Credit-bearing courses are available at the links below. This binder contains Unit 2.
The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies help prepare middle school teachers to design appropriate instruction for all students, including those who are struggling with reading due to limited English proficiency, learning disabilities, dyslexia, and other risk factors for reading difficulties. The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy contains seven units. Units 1–3 are designed for all teachers; Units 4–7 are more appropriate for English Language Arts teachers. Credit-bearing courses are available at the links below. This binder contains Unit 3.
The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies help prepare middle school teachers to design appropriate instruction for all students, including those who are struggling with reading due to limited English proficiency, learning disabilities, dyslexia, and other risk factors for reading difficulties. The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy contains seven units. Units 1–3 are designed for all teachers; Units 4–7 are more appropriate for English Language Arts teachers. Credit-bearing courses are available at the links below. This binder contains Unit 4.
The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies help prepare middle school teachers to design appropriate instruction for all students, including those who are struggling with reading due to limited English proficiency, learning disabilities, dyslexia, and other risk factors for reading difficulties. The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy contains seven units. Units 1–3 are designed for all teachers; Units 4–7 are more appropriate for English Language Arts teachers. Credit-bearing courses are available at the links below. This binder contains Unit 5.
The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies help prepare middle school teachers to design appropriate instruction for all students, including those who are struggling with reading due to limited English proficiency, learning disabilities, dyslexia, and other risk factors for reading difficulties. The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy contains seven units. Units 1–3 are designed for all teachers; Units 4–7 are more appropriate for English Language Arts teachers. Credit-bearing courses are available at the links below. This binder contains Unit 6.
The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies help prepare middle school teachers to design appropriate instruction for all students, including those who are struggling with reading due to limited English proficiency, learning disabilities, dyslexia, and other risk factors for reading difficulties. The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy contains seven units. Units 1–3 are designed for all teachers; Units 4–7 are more appropriate for English Language Arts teachers. Credit-bearing courses are available at the links below. This binder contains Unit 7.
This resource presents instructional writing practices that support content-area learning with specific strategies for teaching the thinking skills, processes, and knowledge needed to effectively write a variety of expository and persuasive texts in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Some of the content is from the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies: Focus on Writing professional development.
This binder presents instructional practices that support content-area learning, with specific strategies for teaching the thinking skills, processes, and knowledge needed to effectively revise and edit written texts. Some of the content is from the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies: Focus on Writing professional development.


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In 1-on-1 Interview, Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch Recounts Whirlwind Journey to Office
By Mary Ann Ahern	• Published January 14, 2021 • Updated on January 14, 2021 at 6:22 pm
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It's been quite a whirlwind for the new Illinois Speaker of the House Chris Welch, as he's received more than one thousand text messages from all over the country as well-wishers congratulate the state legislature's first-ever Black Speaker.
"I got a call from the very first Black Speaker of the House ever, from California," he said. "We talked forever."
Welch, who took over the speakership from Rep. Michael Madigan this week, has been a lawmaker for only eight years, but in that time was appointed to serve or lead several key committees.
In the fall of 2019, Welch was selected to chair the Democratic-led Special Investigative Committee into Madigan and his connections to the ongoing ComEd bribery scheme investigation. Criminal complaints in the case, which have led to charges against at least four former lobbyists and executives with the utility company, linked Madigan to the investigation, prompting criticism from Republicans in Springfield.
Republicans have raised criticisms that Welch, in his capacity as chairman of the committee, shielded Madigan from testifying.
Even amid those criticisms, Welch and Republicans have both made public statements that they hope to work together in the new session of the legislature, and the new speaker has made it clear that he would like to make some changes to the way the speaker's office operates. Unlike his predecessor, Welch is adept at social media and has Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, You Tube and even Tik Tock accounts.
Welch is even promising ethics reforms and in a dramatic reversal from Madigan, who held the position for more than 35 years, the new speaker has said he believes in term limits for the position.
Before he gets to any of that, however, his first order of business is announcing rules the Illinois House will live by, and Welch has made it clear he wants to offer a more collaborative approach by conferring with GOP members. He also promises a leadership team that will show the diversity of gender, race and geography.
Welch's road to the top spot in the House was not a smooth one. In order to secure the votes needed to win the Speaker position, Welch first had to answer questions about his treatment of women. In 2002 he was arrested in Hillside — but not charged — when an ex-girlfriend filed a domestic violence complaint.
In another incident in 2010, Welch was sued civilly by a separate woman for harassment. That suit was also dropped.
Welch responded to concerns about the Hillsdale incident, saying that he would have "handled the situation differently."
"Nothing happened that you should be concerned about," he said. "I was not arrested and charged and would I handle a situation differently, where I don't have to go to a police station and answer questions, absolutely."
Before he left Springfield, Madigan offered some simple advice to his replacement: to "trust his instinct."
Madigan was sworn in for a new term as representative in the 22nd District, but the former speaker did not stay to listen to Welch's speech after his historic election, nor did he attend today's House session. In addition to packing up his office, multiple sources tell NBC 5 that Madigan has already moved some of his personal belongings out of his longtime Springfield apartment.
There's no word yet if Madigan will retain his post as State Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, but should he step down, Welch says he has plenty on his plate and he's not interested in that job.
While there are many priorities — from the state's response to the ongoing coronavrius pandemic to finding solutions to the $1 billion budget hole — in these first 24 hours, Welch is soaking in the passing of the torch and can't help but be a bit emotional.
"You're trying to make me cry, it's an awesome accomplishment," he said.
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International Mining Exploration, Mineral Processing and Machinery Exhibition(IME) offers unparalleled business opportunities for the mining and minerals industry. The exhibition will be held with an unprecedented display of Mining Machinery, Equipment, Mineral Processing procedures, Latest technology & their innovative applications, Safety & Rescue Equipment and Communication & Logistics etc.
Concurrent to the 5th Asian Mining Congress, the next edition of the International Mining, Minerals, Metals and Machinery Exhibition - IME 2014 will be organised by Tafcon Projects (India) Pvt. Ltd. under the aegis of The Mining, Geological & Metallurgical Institute of India (MGMI) scheduled during February 13-16, 2014.
The event provides an ideal forum for the miners, planners and policy makers to discuss the various issues affecting the Mining, Minerals, Metals and Machinery industries of the Asian region in particular, and also in the rest of the world. The event provides an excellent business opportunity for the manufactures of mining and allied industry to showcase their technologies, achievements, new initiatives, products and services to the global audience.


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410 E Bell Road, Suite G100
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Founded in , Avalon School of Cosmetology-Phoenix. is a college. Located in Arizona, which is a city setting in Arizona, the campus itself is Urban. The campus is home to 278 full time undergraduate students, and 0 full time graduate students.
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Die Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi war ein jährlich stattfindendes Fußball-Freundschaftsspiel zwischen den italienischen Vereinen AC Mailand und Juventus Turin. Es fand im Mailänder Giuseppe-Meazza-Stadion (ehemals San Siro) statt und wurde vom Besitzer der AC Mailand, Silvio Berlusconi, zur Erinnerung an seinen Vater Luigi Berlusconi geschaffen.

Bis 1994 handelte es sich um ein Turnier. Danach wurde beschlossen, nur noch den Klassiker zwischen Milan und Juventus auszuspielen. Im Falle eines Unentschiedens nach regulärer Spielzeit von 90 Minuten schließt sich ohne Verlängerung sofort ein Elfmeterschießen an. Das Match leitet jeweils ein renommierter italienischer Unparteiischer, so zum Beispiel 1994 und 1995 Pierluigi Collina, 2006 Gianluca Rocchi, 2008 Nicola Rizzoli und im Jahr 2005 der Skandal-Schiedsrichter Paolo Dondarini. Nachdem es im Jahr 2013 nicht ausgetragen wurde, fand das Match 2014 zwischen Milan und dem Sieger der Copa Libertadores, dem argentinischen Verein CA San Lorenzo de Almagro statt.

Nach dem Ende des Engagements von Silvio Berlusconi bei der AC Mailand wurde der Pokal zwischen 2016 und 2020 nicht ausgespielt.

Im Jahr 2021 folgte die Wiederaufnahme des Freundschaftsspieles, dieses Mal mit Beteiligung des Zweitligisten AC Monza als Gastgeber, dessen Eigentümer seit 2018 Silvio Berlusconi ist.

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Volume 6 · Number 3 · Pages 307–324
Autopoietic Systems: A Generalized Explanatory Approach – Part 1
Hugo Urrestarazu
Context: This paper is intended for readers familiar with Humberto Maturana's theory of autopoietic systems and with the still unresolved debate concerning the existence of non-biological autopoietic systems. Because the seminal work of the Chilean biologist has not yet been fully and correctly understood in other disciplines, I consider that it is necessary to offer a more generalized concept of the autopoietic system, derived by implication from Maturana's grounding definition. Problem: The above-mentioned debate is rooted in a deficient application of some rigorous distinctions, definitions, and epistemological considerations introduced by Maturana when he coined the term "autopoiesis." Some researchers think that social or economic organizations could be considered as autopoietic systems of a higher order because they appear to behave autonomously and be self-organized and self-producing. However, in practice some precise distinctions would need to be verified through observation in order to claim properly their autopoietic nature. These distinctions were defined by Varela, Maturana and Uribe in 1974 as a set of six decisional rules ("MV&U rules") whereby an observer may possibly justify this stand. My aim is to pinpoint clearly the basic cognitive tasks that an observer should perform in order to ascertain such a claim. Method: I accomplish this with a thorough analysis of the entailments derived from each rule when applied to the most general case – when the observational domain where the system manifests itself is not specified. A bottom-up approach is used to avoid referring to "apparent autopoietic behavior" as a starting point distinction (top-down approach): the aim is to distinguish "autopoietic behavior" as an outcome of more basic distinctions, not as a premise for these. These may be used as abstract tools to facilitate a rigorous description of observations and lead to precise explanations of the emergence of complex self-generated dynamic systems. In theory, this conceptual frame is not limited to the macro-molecular domain and may therefore be applicable to non-biological systems. Results: According to MV&U rules, the most important distinctions are those that refer to intra-boundary phenomenology: this focus is necessary to explain how the key processes involved in the emergence of autopoiesis actually manifest themselves. These explanations are crucial to validating a claim about the "autopoietic nature" of an observed system. Implications: This work could help multidisciplinary researchers to apply properly the theory of autopoietic systems beyond the realm of biology and to settle ongoing debates. It could also help investigations related to the specifications of software simulation processes for modeling a minimal artificial autopoietic system. However, the rigorous focus on the role of intra-boundary phenomenology and self-production of components reveals that our chances of detecting "natural" meta-molecular autopoietic systems are scarce.
Key words: autopoiesis, self-production, autonomy, causation structure, artificial life, organizational knowledge
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Urrestarazu H. (2011) Autopoietic Systems: A Generalized Explanatory Approach – Part 2
Urrestarazu H. (2012) Autopoietic Systems: A Generalized Explanatory Approach – Part 3: The Scale of Description Problem
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Kauffman L. H. (2017) Mathematical Work of Francisco Varela
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Fuel marketers call on banks to freeze interest rates on loans for imports
Marketers are likely to record positive growth if the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) directive to commercial banks on freezing interests on loans taken by them (marketers) to import petroleum products into the country is implemented, the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria(DAPPMAN),Executive Secretary, Mr Femi Adewole, has said.
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In an interview with The Nation on phone, he said banks have been mandated by CBN to freeze the interests on loans given to marketers to import fuel into the country, adding that marketers would have some money for operation should the banks comply with the directive of the apex bank.
He said marketers are in limbo following their inability to raise funds for operation, adding that the stoppage of interests on their loans is bound to bring growth.
Adewole said: "Banks are supposed to freeze the interests on facility used for fuel importation in line with the CBN's directive. They are supposed to net-off interests on oil subsidy loans. Every interest on debt incurred by marketers, as a result of importation of Petrol Premium Spirit (PMS), as from July 4, 2018 till date, is expected to be net-off by banks.
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Banks, Adewole said, are not helping matter on the issue of payment of the subsidy arrears N237billion owed marketers by the Federal Government. This, he said, was evident by the ways and manners in which banks are handling the issue of payment of the subsidy arrears.
"While some banks have acted on the promissory notes submitted to them by marketers, others are not. Often times, some banks are saying that they have not gotten 'Policy Document', which would enable them to start processing the promissory notes. This implies that a longer period of time would be spent by banks on the issue of processing the promissory notes. This means marketers would not get the subsidy arrears in time," he said.
The issue of payment of subsidy arrears has generated a lot of controversy between the Federal Government and the marketers as both parties were divided on the actual amount of money owed as subsidies. While this lasted, the government in conjunction with the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Debt Management Office (DMO) conducted investigation into fuel imports over a period of time. Subsequently, the government resolved to pay the subsidy arrears in three tranches, with the first trance paid to the marketers in form of promissory notes in December 2018.
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SAP has made a series of updates to its InfiniteInsight predictive modeling software and Lumira data-visualization tool in a bid to shore up its foothold in the analytics market.
InfiniteInsight 7.0 adds the ability to use geospatial dimensions such as latitude and longitude within predictive models, according to Thursday's announcement. "This allows you to make the most of geographic data and provides you with much more information than simply using ZIP codes," SAP said in a recent blog post on the release.
Many companies use predictive modeling to take informed stabs at how customers will behave in the future, based on data sets that describe actions they took in the past. Support for geospatial data means an analyst could examine sequences of places customers visited, as well as segment customers based on their location, SAP said.
InfiniteInsight 7.0 also boosts the application's database support, adding coverage for Hadoop Hive 11 and 12, along with Greenplum.
The application is the result of SAP's acquisition of KXEN last year. InfiniteInsight is meant to be friendly for use by business analysts, versus highly specialized data scientists.
SAP also announced an updated version of Lumira on Thursday, with a key advancement being integration with BusinessObjects BI 4.1 SP4, the newest version of its flagship (business intelligence) suite.
Lumira is geared toward business users who want to easily generate visualizations of their data and create infographics. Now that it's tied in with BusinessObjects, they can tap many more data sources and in turn, IT administrators will have a governance framework for sharing information with Lumira users.
Lumira is SAP's answer to competing products such as Tableau, made by the fast-growing company of the same name.


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Folks in Mumbai are righteously angry. People are protesting the failures of the Indian government. (See here and here.) They are mourning the 173 dead in what some are calling India's 9/11, but they are also asking why the government wasn't able to stop it.
"We've come to show our solidarity against the apathy of the government and we want the government to change and be proactive and not lazy," said Abiti Phoksey, a 64-year-old woman who runs an upholstery business. "They have a duty towards the nation," she added.
Their anger is focused on the government's ineptitude and it is having consequences. India's Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, resigned early on. Both the Deputy Chief Minister and the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the main city, were forced to step down in the last day.
Some politicians get it. The mayor of the city asked the people to voice their concerns.
The anger is fueled by a series of revelations that India was warned about a possible terror strike on Mumbai by sea several months ago. The anger highlights the split between the new, highly educated and technically savvy folks, concentrated in Mumbai as it happens, and the old lumbering, bureaucratic institutions of government. The obvious governmental failures in this critical national security area is likely to have significant repercussions in how India functions.
So, I'm jealous. I think we have something to learn. Why didn't New Yorkers force Rudy Giuliani to quit when it became clear that he was responsible for the death of hundreds of firefighters and police who didn't have up-to-date communications equipment? Why didn't we rise up (in larger numbers) when President Bush turned his attention to Iraq when he should have been concentrating on Tora Bora and on assisting the moderates in the Arab world to bring their radicals back into the fold?
Partly, it's the timing. The rallies in Mumbai were organized by text message. The workers of Mumbai have now had a few years of living with streamlined ways of working. I'm basically convinced that the Internet would now prevent a war like Iraq from happening here. And, of course, we managed to elect Barack Obama, a clear win for the more democratic and tech savvy amongst us.
Nevertheless, I think there is a lot to be learned from watching that raw righteous anger, unprotected by the institutional forces of savvy politicians and complicit media.


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On June 16th, 2015, Nathan Eovaldi returned to Marlins Park to show the Marlins what they missed out on by trading him. Eovaldi didn't get past the first inning, recording just two outs before being removed with an ugly eight runs allowed on nine hits. It was the worst outing of his career, underscoring the worst start to a season of his career. Through 13 starts, Eovaldi had a 5.12 ERA and was on pace to give up 54 more hits than he did in 2014 (when he led the National League in the category). To make it worse, Eovaldi's peripheral numbers didn't point to an eventual improvement. His FIP sat at 4.09.
The Yankees, along with pitching coach Larry Rothschild, were supposed to fix Eovaldi: turn him into a 'pitcher' from a 'thrower' and improve his secondaries to match his fastball. But by mid-June, things had only gotten worse. After that fateful game, though, Eovaldi's performance drastically changed. From that point on, Eovaldi pitched to the tune of a 3.43 ERA and 2.86 FIP, beginning to emerge as a real weapon on the mound.
The "amazing action" that McCann referenced manifested itself in his horizontal movement on the pitch. This new grip added a couple more inches of drop. Not only was the pitch harder to hit, but now Eovaldi trusted it more. The splitter began to be used in the place of his fastball in some scenarios, and allowed him to partially shelve the curveball and slider, which simply were not effective. The new mix in pitches is what turned around Eovaldi's season.
Previously, hitters went up to the plate looking for Eovaldi's fastball. He didn't have any other pitches worth worrying about, so they could sit on his straight fastball. With the addition of the splitter, things were different. Hitters couldn't just ignore his secondaries and crush the fastball, they had to watch out for the splitter. The two pitches benefited one another. Thanks to the splitter, Eovaldi's fastball went from being hit like a well below-average pitch to an at least average one. His fastball had a .450 batting average against in April, and a .364 BAA in May. Increased trust in the splitter allowed these high averages to give way to a .271 mark in June, then .326 in July (not great, but certainly an improvement), and an impressive .243 average against in August. The batting average on his fastball isn't the only thing that changed for Eovaldi. The 25 year old, in nearly all facets of the game, improved—not just from the first half of 2015, but from his entire career.
While it may seem a bit foolish to say that Eovaldi is suddenly a significantly better pitcher based on a couple months of data, it isn't. Eovaldi is a significantly different pitcher now, and the recent changes have made him a much better one. In terms of statistics, nothing points to his success being unsustainable. Unfortunately, there is one thing that can't be seen in statistics that represents Eovaldi's biggest risk.
That, of course, being his elbow. Eovaldi's breakout season came to an end on September 5th due to right elbow inflammation. Those three words are some of the scariest a pitcher can hear. It doesn't always mean a torn UCL and Tommy John, but it's often a precursor. Although tests on Eovaldi came back negative and he would've been on the Yankees ALDS roster if they had won the Wild Card Game, it doesn't mean that Eovaldi is out of the woods completely. We'll know more about the situation, which is hopefully nothing more than some swelling, come Spring Training. This injury, though, could be a side effect of his increased use of the splitter.
The splitter is one of the nastiest pitches in baseball, but few pitchers throw it these days. This is due to the reputation that the pitch wrecks elbows. The grip and mechanics, specifically spreading fingers to grip the pitch, puts stress on the elbow. There are plenty of teams in the MLB that have discouraged the use of the splitter because of its unique grip. A 2011 New York Times article revealed that the Angels, Twins, Giants, Reds, Padres and Rays, among other clubs, shy away from the pitch, and it seems that many pitchers who throw a splitter have had a decrease in fastball velocity.
Although this is the reputation of the splitter, numbers don't support this notion. An article from Beyond the Box Score found that splitter usage in pitchers did not effect their average time on the DL compared to other pitchers, and Doug Thorburn was unable to find numbers that correlated splitters to an increased injury risk. A common saying about the splitter is that it isn't throwing the pitch that causes injuries, it's how you throw the pitch.
If Eovaldi is throwing the pitch with good mechanics, there may be no reason to worry. But considering that he started to throw the pitch under a year ago, poor mechanics could be the culprit. If Larry Rothschild can find an issue with Eovaldi's mechanics, and fix it, that would be ideal. But, that's not as easy as it sounds. The Yankees may instead have to limit the amount of splitters Eovaldi throws. A good number may be 20-25 a game, which is what Dan Haren limited himself to over his career. After June 16th, Eovaldi averaged 29 splitters a start, so limiting him wouldn't be too drastic. Eovaldi threw the pitch just 10 times on average up to June 16th, and there's a decent chance he could find success with a less extreme number. Then again, if the Yankees want Eovaldi to hit his considerable upside, it may take an even greater use of the splitter in 2016.
There's no good answer for what the Yankees should do here, so we will have to wait and see what the team does next season. It may be smartest to allow Eovaldi to use the pitch like he did late last season, and let him show off his best stuff. After all, numbers wise, the correlation between the splitter and injuries is not there. If that's the case and Eovaldi stays healthy, 2016 could be an exciting time for Yankee fans when Eovaldi's on the mound. With a nasty splitter and fastball that hit 102 twice last season, Eovaldi could be a monster. His numbers after June 16th are just the starting point. Who knows where his numbers could go as he gets more and more acquainted with the splitter. If he stays healthy, Eovaldi could explode in 2016.
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Eovaldi's going to be an ace next year!
Great read. Just wanted to add that i feel a big part of the development of his splitter was the added velocity on the pitch. He went from having the splitter sit at 84-86mph from all of his starts through to 88-91mph. You see this junp in velocity starting in his start on the 26th. Thats also when you start to see the extra movement on the pitch. There's even more movement added from thereon. I think you see that it took a couple of starts with the new grip to get comfortable and thats really when we saw what he could do.
Definitely. I feel that the velocity increase on the splitter is a big reason his fastball batting avg against dropped. As the splitter's velocity got further away from the slider and closer to the velocity of his fastball which is a fairly straight pitch it helped play the fastball up even more because the splitter looks like a fastball til the last second when it drops off the table.


DNA tests on charred remains found in 1996 lead the team to Home Office fingerprint analyst Anna King, who was brought to the UK from Albania as a child by her brother, David Celaj. Anna was adopted by a British couple, while David went to work as a police interpreter. His last assignment was to translate for a witness in a murder case against a notorious Albanian criminal.


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Villa Hara is built in the center of the old town in the heart of the Venetian Rethymno, surrounded by culture, shops and entertainment.
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